05/28/03 - (Canada) Probe narrows to nine animals
05/28/03 - (Canada) What's the beef?
05/28/03 - FDA wants limits on use of deer, elk in pet foods
05/28/03 - UW-Madison Dairy Studies Holstein & Jersey Crosses
05/28/03 - (WI) Milk Quality Resources Overhauls Web Site
05/28/03 - (SD) SD Ag Secretary: Do we really need more dairy farmers in South Dakota?
05/28/03 - (OH) Water quality study urged for megafarms’ areas
05/28/03 - (Canada) Canada prepares case for lifting ban on beef
05/28/03 - (Canada) Ottawa looks at new rules on mad-cow
05/28/03 - (NZ) Back Fonterra, farmers are warned
05/27/03 - Debate continues on solution for low milk prices
05/27/03 - (Canada) BSE test results this week crucial
05/27/03 - (Canada) CFIA: Latest Information - BSE Disease Investigation in Western Canada        CFIA Technical Briefing
05/27/03 - U.S. beef demand seen solid despite Canada mad cow
05/27/03 - Grassley wants more study of milk proteins
05/27/03 - Animal identification system worked
05/27/03 - When Will U.S. Lift Ban on Canada Beef/Products?
05/27/03 - (MN) Dairy cows represent opportunity
05/27/03 - (WI) Breakfast showcases changing dairy industry
05/27/03 - Canada's Problem — and America's        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
05/27/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/27/03 - (Australia) Now you can get drunk on milk
05/27/03 - (Japan) Snow Brand executives escape prison
05/27/03 - (Canada) Beef returned to sender
05/27/03 - (Canada) Animal rights activists find secrecy puzzling
05/27/03 - (NZ) Commerce commission to investigate A2 milk allegations
05/27/03 - (NZ) Canadian Beef Import Move Urged
05/26/03 - Canada checks how 200 farms used restricted feed
05/26/03 - (Canada)  CFIA: Latest Information - BSE Disease Investigation in Western Canada        CFIA Technical Briefing
05/26/03 - (CA) Don't blame the farmer for dirty air
05/26/03 - (VT) Philanthropists open farm to city children
05/26/03 - Searching for a test
05/26/03 - (Australia) Australia Trade Min Pleased By Progress Of US Trade Talks
05/26/03 - (Canada) Milk price targeted
05/25/03 - (Canada) The itinerant life of Cow Zero
05/25/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
05/25/03 - (Canada) Tests Clear Canada Herd Linked to Mad Cow
05/25/03 - Dairy farmers worried about ice cream makers' proposal
05/25/03 - Food fight! Europe tells U.S. to stop stealing names such as Parmesan
05/25/03 - Mad Cow Disease Is a Little Less Scarier      [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
05/25/03 - (Canada) BSE-contaminated chicken feed may have been fed to B.C. cows      Complacency is real killer in mad cow
05/24/03 - (NZ) Fonterra Takes Environmental Initiative
05/24/03 - Web puts the word out on the benefits of milk
05/24/03 - (WI) Mad cow case hits home
05/24/03 - (Canada) 3 more Alberta farms quarantined
05/24/03 - (Canada) Mass slaughter suggested to rebuild consumer confidence      Chickens come home to roost
05/24/03 - Coke confirms plan for milk beverage
05/24/03 - (ND) Making dairy work in a changing world
05/24/03 - (TX) Regional dairy producers gather in Amarillo
05/24/03 - (Canada) Cattle fears moving west
05/24/03 - (NZ) Spoiled for choice
05/24/03 - (NZ) Fonterra sticks to dirty dairying clean-up but slows the pace
05/24/03 - Milk shortage in Argentina

05/23/03 - (Canada) Beef industry aid hinted, crisis could last months
05/23/03 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
05/23/03 - Canada Mad Cow Scare Keeps U.S. Beef Prices Strong
05/23/03 - Mad Cow Mania: Where's the Beef?
05/23/03 - Eating More Meals at Home Lifts Fluid Milk Consumption
05/23/03 - Milk, Meat Labels Shed Light on Practices
05/23/03 - Effects of Dust on Farmers Studied
05/23/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/23/03 - (Canada) Exporter remains confident
05/23/03 - (Canada) Border beef
05/23/03 - (NZ) Final Fonterra payout $3.60 a kg
05/23/03 - (NZ) Dairy Research Funded
05/22/03 - COOL Supporters Misuse Study
05/22/03 - U.S. farm groups oppose animal tracking rules
05/22/03 - Canadian cow's feed "almost impossible" to trace-USDA
05/22/03 - (Canada) Dairy industry assures Canadians milk products are safe during mad-cow scare
05/22/03 - (Canada) Farmer seen as victim in BSE scare       Cattle producers play waiting game as mad cow crisis deepens
05/22/03 - Theories abound for mad cow disease in Canada
05/22/03 - (WI) Ag committee approves dairy upgrade tax credit
05/22/03 - (WI) Milk Prices Generating More Than Talk
05/22/03 - (WI) Hinrichses Bottle 'Farmer's Farm' Milk
05/22/03 - Canada Seals More Farms in 'Mad Cow' Hunt
05/22/03 - Walt Wosje Hired to Manage Cooperative Working Together (CWT) Dairy Program
05/22/03 - Milk-based baby formula linked to blood pressure
05/22/03 - (WY) State checking for links to sick Canadian cow
05/22/03 - (MI) Mad cow madness hits border
05/22/03 - U.S. won't track down Canadian cow imports
05/22/03 - Ban on Canada beef expected to last a week
05/22/03 - Little Impact So Far on Beef Prices
05/22/03 - Canada Moves to Contain Mad Cow Disease
05/22/03 - Mad cow testing took months
05/22/03 - Mexico Government to Drop Antidumping Order On Live Hogs
05/22/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/22/03 - (Canada) Mad-cow panic more harmful than disease itself        Doing battle with mad-cow disease
05/22/03 - (NZ) NZ hit by Canadian BSE find

05/21/03 - Farm press must accurately portray milk cutback program
05/21/03 - NMPF Testifies that USDA's Handling of Dairy Programs is Contributing to Record-Low Milk Prices         NMPF Testimony on State of Dairy Industry
05/21/03 -  IDFA's Connie Tipton Testifies Before House Agriculture Subcommittee
05/21/03 - (WA) Royal City residents fighting dairy odors
05/21/03 - (WI) Officials not penalizing Kraft for MPC mislabeling
05/21/03 - (WI) Employees question cheese plant closings
05/21/03 - (WI) Auction marks end of Beginning Farmer Program
05/21/03 - (WI) State officials check records after Canadian case
05/21/03 - (NY) Ticket a crate idea, Bloomberg says
05/21/03 - (MA) State continues milk-price probes
05/21/03 - Canadian case doesn't alarm mad cow expert
05/21/03 - Labeling beef's country of origin often difficult
05/21/03 - Want a soymilk shake with those fries? - Researchers offer new "functional foods'
05/21/03 - Farm groups on trade tirade
05/21/03 - Tyson Cuts Production in Canada After Mad Cow Case
05/21/03 - Canada BSE Case Could Dent Confidence In Australian Beef
05/21/03 - DC Digest
05/21/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/21/03 - (NZ) Tough year hits sharemilkers
05/21/03 - (Canada) Canadian Mad Cow Case Triggers Economic Shock Wave
05/20/03 - Farmers take dairy problems to Congress
05/20/03 - U.S. dairy herd buyout a short-term fix-analysts
05/20/03 - Agriculture is Cornerstone of Trade Talks, USTR Official Says
05/20/03 - FDA Statement on BSE Cow in Alberta, Canada
05/20/03 - Statement by Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman Regarding Canada’s Announcement of BSE Investigation
05/20/03 - U.S. Temporarily Halts Imports of Canadian Beef, Cattle Re: BSE
05/20/03 - Canada Confirms Single BSE Case in a Cow From Alberta
05/20/03 - Cattle Futures Hit By Report of BSE in Alberta, Canada
05/20/03 - CBS Air OSU Study on 'Potential' Beef Growth Hormone Link to Breast Cancer
05/20/03 - (NY) It's sitting bull
05/20/03 - (CA) Hard to Swallow
05/20/03 - (IN) Big dairy farm become divisive issue
05/20/03 - (ND) N.D. County Making Room for Hogs
05/20/03 - Monsanto to Make Major GMO/Brazil Announcement at Hearing Today
05/20/03 - Down on the Farm, An Up Trend for Women
05/20/03 - Sparks study cited on milk imports
05/20/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/20/03 - (Canada) Milk and cheese giant Parmalat enters bottled water business in Canada
05/20/03 - (NZ) Fears dairy farmers suffering from voter fatigue
05/20/03 - (NZ) Health officials step in to milk row
05/19/03 - U.S. study finding no risk in hormone-treated beef
05/19/03 - (WI) Formula could drop tax value of farmland below zero in 2004
05/19/03 - (VT) Merger failure good for farmers?
05/19/03 - (IA) Burkharts market their own dairy products
05/19/03 - (NH) Dairy situation dire
05/19/03 - Study: MPC Imports Aren't the Cause of Low Milk Prices       Text of the Sparks study: "Imports of MPCs, Casein and Caseinates and Market Impacts"  [PDF]
05/19/03 - Genetically-Engineered Anti-Aging Medication, Monsanto Milk Are Major, Unrecognized Risks of Breast Cancer, Warns Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition
05/19/03 - Chicken Producers Get Feathers Ruffled
05/19/03 - Milk Production Rise Should Slow
05/19/03 - Veneman press secretary butts heads with reporters
05/19/03 - Bush renominates Tom Dorr for rural development post
05/19/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/19/03 - (NZ) Aussie-US free trade agreement by October
05/19/03 - (NZ) Farmers' opinion divided on genetic modification
05/19/03 - (NZ) Farmers' champ talks tough

05/19/03 - Chicken Producers Get Feathers Ruffled
05/19/03 - Milk Production Rise Should Slow
05/19/03 - Veneman press secretary butts heads with reporters
05/19/03 - Bush renominates Tom Dorr for rural development post
05/19/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/19/03 - (NZ) Aussie-US free trade agreement by October
05/19/03 - (NZ) Farmers' opinion divided on genetic modification
05/19/03 - (NZ) Farmers' champ talks tough
05/18/03 - May, 2003 issue: Dairy Foods
05/18/03 - Farmers resisting ice cream makers' effort to change recipe
05/18/03 - (WI) Marathon Co. officials hope to encourage would-be farmers
05/18/03 - (CA) Farmers Unite to Preserve Their Fields
05/18/03 - (NC) Hog farm fears intensify
05/17/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
05/17/03 - Meyer Recalls Indy 500 Milk Tradition
05/17/03 - (ID) Co-ops aim to boost prices ... Ambitious plan to lift dairy markets garners support
05/17/03 - (VT) Vermont dairies line up for help
05/17/03 - (CA) Backers, foes chew on plan for desert cow town
05/17/03 - (SD) South Dakota Wants More Dairy Cows, Lots of Them
05/17/03 - (IA) Dairy farmers question venture
05/17/03 - (MN) Grace period approved for some Dutch farmers
05/17/03 - (MT) Canadian Border to Open to Mont. Cattle
05/17/03 - (NZ) PM's comments 'hurting trade'
05/17/03 - (Canada) Nova Scotia likes quota leasing
05/16/03 - (EU) Concern Over Future Beef Supplies
05/16/03 - Livestock Producer Protection Bill Introduced in Senate
05/16/03 - Cheese Market News Top Stories
05/16/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
05/16/03 - Ken Bailey's Weekly Commentary
05/16/03 - Report: April Milk Production
05/16/03 - (WI) DPA wants to negotiate milk prices for farmers
05/16/03 - (NY) New milk plan in question
05/16/03 - Cattlemen Monitor Milk Producer Buyout
05/16/03 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
05/16/03 - (WI) Ag Committee Approves Dairy Tax Credit Measure
05/16/03 - (MA) Shady Oaks milk production put out to pasture
05/16/03 - $1M Taste Buds
05/16/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/16/03 - (NZ) Anti Dairy Dumping Call Repeated
05/16/03 - (UK) Anger over aim to cut milk price       Why Farmers See Red Over The White Stuff

05/15/03 - (VT) State's largest dairy co-op picks up farmers group
05/15/03 - (CA) Budget cuts mean extension won't replace dairy specialist
05/15/03 - Consumer Survey Offers Good News on Biotech
05/15/03 - Supply Management Bill Introduced
05/15/03 - NMPF's Supply Management Program One Step Closer
05/15/03 - Dairy Leadership Conference Under New Management
05/15/03 - Beef Nutrition Ads to Hit Newsstands Today        Beef industry fights back in ads
05/15/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/14/03 - (WI) Dairy woes being felt by many
05/14/03 - (WI) Lawmaker Gives Farm Bill an 'F' on its Birthday
05/14/03 - (CA) Farmers seeking relief in court
05/14/03 - (SD) Signup for USDA dry-milk feed resumes
05/14/03 - Teen Milk Consumption Increases for Second Year
05/14/03 - Beating the Path to Organic, Through a Paperwork Jungle       [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
05/14/03 - Threatened Mouse Threatens Ag
05/14/03 - DC Digest
05/14/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/14/03 - (Australia) Fresh milk under threat
05/14/03 - (NZ) More milk in vats but less money in pockets
05/14/03 - (NZ) Edible Plastic For Farms?
05/13/03 - (Canada) Farm kids want to stay home
05/13/03 - USTR/USDA: U.S. and Cooperating Countries File WTO Case Against EU Moratorium on Biotech Foods and Crops
05/13/03 - EU Animal By-Products Regulation Took Effect May 1
05/13/03 - Possible Good News for Diabetics
05/13/03 - S&P comments on National Dairy Holdings
05/13/03 - National Dairy, Hood scrap deal        Hood, national dairy company abandon merger plan
05/13/03 - Dairy farmers nationwide band together to control prices
05/13/03 - (MN) Organic helps keep them on farm
05/13/03 - (FL) It's a dirty job
05/13/03 - (ME) Task force deliberates on farms
05/13/03 - Suit to Seek End of Biotech Crop Ban      Canada to join U.S. in fighting EU's GM food ban
05/13/03 - Editorial: The Trouble with Cookies
05/13/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/13/03 - (NZ) Farmers brace for rising kiwi
05/13/03 - (EU) EU tempers near boiling point in row over Italian milk quotas
05/12/03 - USDA: Advisors Named to Key Agricultural Trade Committees
05/12/03 - NRCS Revises Technical Standards and Requests Public Comments
05/12/03 - COOL and the U.S. Pork Industry: Who Will Raise the Hogs?
05/12/03 - IDFA Working with FDA on Dairy Rules for Chilean Free Trade Agreement
05/12/03 - (CO) Farms hit hard with wells shut Ag suppliers slammed
05/12/03 - (PA) Milk-reduction plan takes step forward
05/12/03 - NMPF Board Decides to Establish Self-Help Dairy Program
05/12/03 - (CA) Plan to Harness Power of Manure Draws Interest     [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
05/12/03 - (PA) Sherwood fights to help dairy farmers get fair treatment
05/12/03 - (CA) Plan underway to build West's largest cow town
05/12/03 - (TX) Dairy producers approve major self-help initiative
05/12/03 - USDA Seeks Nominees for National Dairy Board
05/12/03 - S.D. lawmaker talks meat labeling with Veneman
05/12/03 - Funding limits for US "green" payments - key senator
05/12/03 - Greens and Other Loonies Attack America
05/12/03 - Fertilizer Costs Forcing Change of Plans
05/12/03 - Monsanto reaps some anger with hard line on reusing seed
05/12/03 - New 'Organic' Symbol Appearing on Grocers' Shelves
05/12/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/12/03 - (Australia) Dairy project gets $1m boost
05/12/03 - (NZ) Dairy expert wary of biotech funds plan
05/12/03 - (NZ) Canada scrapping dairy subsidies good for NZ
05/12/03 - (NZ) New York hungry for NZ cattle
05/11/03 - EPA, farmers dicker about pollution
05/11/03 - (NZ) Dairy leads export decline
05/10/03 - (OH) More animal farms avoid regulation
05/10/03 - (ID) Dairy buyout -- a long shot
05/10/03 - (NZ) Lactose plant to recover waste product
05/09/03 - Legal/Economic Study Refutes Anti-COOL Claims of USDA and Packers   COOL: A Legal and Economic Analysis  [PDF}
05/09/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
05/09/03 - Cheese Market News Top Stories
05/09/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
05/09/03 - U.S. & Canada Reach Agreement Ending Illegally Subsidized Canadian Dairy Exports to U.S.
05/09/03 - (TX) Environmental help detailed for dairies
05/09/03 - Senator Kohl, Secretary Veneman Discuss Dairy Crisis
05/09/03 - US to challenge EU's policy on GM foods
05/09/03 - "Lawyers Plan New Fast Food Assault"
05/09/03 - DC Digest
05/09/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/09/03 - (NZ) Dairy farmers told `don't panic'
05/08/03 - (VT) Milk Money (Part Three)
05/08/03 - Milk Makes Money for Dean Foods Dairy
05/08/03 - Dean Foods posts profit, sets reorganization
05/08/03 - World Dairy Expo Announces 2003 'Honor Awards'
05/08/03 - Processors' Group Skeptical About CWT
05/08/03 - Vote on 'CWT' Program May 9
05/08/03 - Most Money Made During '50s
05/08/03 - (WI) Dairy Pricing Association Aims to Deliver Higher Prices Through Negotiation
05/08/03 - WTO agrees $6bn US sanctions
05/08/03 - Dairy Campaign Marks Early Success
05/08/03 - KFC adds animal welfare standards
05/08/03 - (OH) COOL starts to heat up
05/08/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/08/03 - (NZ) Fonterra asks for food safety, Commerce Commission to probe A2
05/07/03 - (Canada) ADL sues government for $2 million
05/07/03 - Somatic-cell-count standard remains unchanged        [DHM requires (free) registration]
05/07/03 - (ID) Organic foods maker looks for other buyers for Paul dairy, announces 23 percent sales growth
05/07/03 - (VT) Milk Money (Part Two)
05/07/03 - (NE) Nebraska meatpacking plant sues USDA inspectors
05/07/03 - Obey & Sanders Proposing Dairy Supply Management Plan
05/07/03 - (NY/WI) Milk imports heat up-literally
05/07/03 - (MO) Labeling plan gets cool reception
05/07/03 - (MI) Michigan judge dismisses charges against utility
05/07/03 - (Canada) Got milk jugs? Then swish and squish
05/07/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/07/03 - (NZ) US anti-terror measures could hit NZ exporters
05/06/03 - FDA Issues Final Two Proposed Food Safety Regulations
05/06/03 - Appeals court rejects farmers' lawsuit over bailout
05/06/03 - Groups Blast Factory-Farm Proposal
05/06/03 - (IA) Cropp, Tigner disagree over program
05/06/03 - (ID) Judge mulls cheese plant lawsuit against Gooding County
05/06/03 - (VT) Milk Money (Part One)
05/06/03 - (VA) Fresh milk from the dairy delivered to our doors -- how lucky can we get?Dairy farm fined for waste problems
05/06/03 - (IA) Cooperation holds key to success of voluntary plan
05/06/03 - (WI) Group wants to negotiate better dairy prices
05/06/03 - (WA) Big dairy big boon for county
05/06/03 - (TX) Customers happily stand in line for fat-free gelato
05/03/03 - This week's Cheese Reporter
05/06/03 - 2002 Dairy Exports Top $1 Billion
05/06/03 - Horizon to launch organic formula
05/06/03 - Giant processors go organic, making the small business big
05/06/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/05/03 - (WI) Cow may break milk production record
05/05/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
05/05/03 - Proposal Would Ease Rules of Livestock Farm Pollution    [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
05/05/03 - World's cheesiest car unveiled
05/05/03 - Report: March Dairy Products
05/05/03 - DEIP Update, May 2003: USDA Outlines its "Cautious Approach" to Butterfat
05/05/03 - (WI) Farmers await stray voltage decision
05/05/03 - DC Digest
05/05/03 - (Canada) What Canada can do: fair trade for hungry farmers
05/05/03 - (NZ) Fonterra finds US ally         US joining best to take on the rest
05/05/03 - (NZ) Work On Johne's Vaccine
05/04/03 - (NY) While others quit, he dares to dream
05/04/03 - The Futures of Food        [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
05/04/03 - (UK) UK Dairy Imports Outweight Exports
05/03/03 - Dry whey prices hit low, pull down milk price
05/03/03 - (GA) Students protest plans to downsize university dairy
05/03/03 - (VT) Feds reportedly focusing on three NU students
05/03/03 - Yogurt Makers Shrink the Cup, Trying to Turn Less Into More   [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
05/03/03 - US and Russia agree on poultry safety measures
05/03/03 - Corn woes growing from review talks
05/03/03 - (NZ) Dairy Foods 'has its reasons' for not selling A2
05/02/03 - IDFA to Contest Appeal of Customs Ruling on MPC Classification
05/02/03 - IICA Responds to NMPF's Comments on Ice Cream Standards Petition
05/02/03 - U.S. Farmers Say Brazilians Pirate Monsanto's Gene-Altered Soy
05/02/03 - Factory Farms Grow New Roots in Developing World
05/02/03 - Central Federal Milk Marketing Order Administration Rejects Request By AMPI
05/02/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
05/02/03 - Announcement of Class and Component Prices for April 2003  [PDF]
05/02/03 - Land O'Lakes to close St. Joseph seed research facility
05/02/02 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
05/02/03 - (FL) State likely to end local agriculture rules
05/02/03 - Groups Worry Over NAFTA Change
05/02-03 - Payment Limits Workshop Set
05/02/03 - New Report to Show Non-Science Trade Barriers
05/02/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/02/03 - (NZ) No word on ' Powdergate'
05/01/03 - (USA/NZ) Dairy Joint Venture Expanding
05/01/03 - (WI) 'Big Lie' or 'Big Truth?'
05/01/03 - (WI) Hope Abounds for State's Dairy Industry
05/01/03 - (WI) State Capitol has got milk, but workers prefer sodas
05/01/03 - (NE) A better way to deal with cattle runoff
05/01/03 - (OH) Lawsuit affects all Ohio farmers
05/01/03 - (WA) Grocery gambles on 'grass-roots retailing'
05/01/03 - MPC Tariff Bill Has 100 Co-Sponsors
05/01/03 - New Protein Bars Utilize Whey
05/01/03 - UPI Farming Today
05/01/03 - (Australia) Stakes high in this hoedown
05/01/03 - (EU) Gaio tagatose production takes off
05/01/03 - (Denmark) Danisco launches non-melting ice lolly
05/01/03 - (NZ) Farm View: Millions of reasons for change
05/01/03 - (NZ) NZ Farmer Confidence Drops On High NZD, Low Dairy Payouts
04/30/03 - (CA) Living with cows, living with people
04/30/03 - (CA) Fresno reclaims title as top agrcultural producer in US
04/30/03 - (PA) Homogenizing man helps make Creamery quality
04/30/03 - (VT) State hopes programs will shore up ailing dairy industry
04/30/03 - Milking profits with new drinks
04/30/03 - DC Digest
04/30/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/30/03 - (NZ) Trade Warning
04/30/03 - (NZ) Dairy Farmers In Court
04/30/03 - (NZ) Competition Watchdog Begins New Fonterra Probe
04/29/03 - (MN) Life and debt on a dairy farm
04/29/03 - (IA) Milk price optimism hard to find
04/29/03 - (CA) USDA slaps tougher shipping rules on cattle
04/29/03 - Grassley Urges U.S. Case Over Ban on Ag Biotech Products
04/29/03 - Grassley says USDA is complicating COOL
04/29/03 - USDA Announces Two Livestock Pilot Insurance Programs
04/29/03 - State representative calls for legal action against PETA
04/29/03 - Ridge favors national ID system for livestock
04/29/03 - Fallout Over Irradiated Food in School Lunches
04/29/03 - (EU) A Matter of Taste
04/29/03 - (NZ) Milkings without farmer could be way of future
04/29/03 - (NZ) Dairy Foods Joins A2 Debate
04/29/03 - (NZ) New A2 milk shakes up a storm
04/29/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/28/03 - Land O'Lakes Continues to Expand Participation in Global School Nutrition Programs
04/28/03 - More genetically modified foods cropping up
04/28/03 - Kroger launches natural foods line
04/28/03 - This week's Cheese Reporter
04/28/03 - (CT) Losing Farms, Gaining Pounds And Paying A Steep Price
04/28/03 - (NE) Dead calves 'a cruel sight'
04/28/03 - Upstart cattle group polarizing producers
04/28/03 - DFA Cheese Plant Gets Recognition
04/28/03 - NCBA Files Comments with APHIS
04/28/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
04/28/03 - DC Digest
04/28/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/28/03 - (NZ) A2 milk launched in NZ, outside Fonterra's structure
04/28/03 - (NZ) Milk supply law a raw deal, says candidate
04/28/03 - (NZ) Brash says NZ should 'batten down the hatches'
04/27/03 - (MD) A Harvest of Sorrows
04/27/03 - (CA) Milkers milked: Dairy farmers bear burden of lowest milk prices in 25 years
04/27/03 - (WI) Butter beats out margarine on taste       Operation: Oleo Run
04/27/03 - (MN) Dutch buying Minnesota dairy farms find unexpected backlash
04/27/03 - (NZ) UK Dairy Farmers Go West
04/27/03 - (NZ) Making a first-world living off the land
04/26/03 - (EU) Quota Shake-up Comes Under Fire
04/26/03 - (PA) State's ag community suffering from economy
04/26/03 - (VT) Douglas Signs Farm Relief Bill
04/26/03 - (MN) Remote control helicopter could aid farmers
04/26/03 - (EU) Dairy farmers await boost in prices
04/26/03 - (Australia) Aussie love of beef fades
04/25/03 - USDA Amends Bovine Tuberculosis Classification of California
04/25/03 - Cheese Market News Top Stories
04/25/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
04/25/03 - Ken Bailey's Weekly Commentary
04/25/03 - Dreyer's reports decline in profit
04/25/03 - (MN) Minnesota county wants feedlot sites kept secret
04/25/03 - (TX) Bill could cripple efforts, EPA warns
04/25/03 - (VT) Farm bill compromise reached
04/25/03 - One reason to back COOL
04/25/03 - Justice Department sues Dairy Farmers of America     DOJ targets big milk co-op
04/25/03 - Agricultural exporters look hungrily at Iraq
04/25/03 - Northern Plains crops have natural edge
04/25/03 - (Canada) Dairy farmers want butteroil problem fixed
04/25/03 - (NZ) Shortage of feed hits hard
04/25/03 - (NZ) Fonterra chief held accountable for lack of information
04/24/03 - USDA Seeks Comments on Proposed Trade Adjustment Regs
04/24/03 - Panel: Gov't Authority Over Food in Doubt
04/24/03 - (WI) Foremost Farms Restructures Operations  [PDF]     Wisconsin dairy closing plants, warehouse
04/24/03 - Got Growth?
04/24/03 - Report: 2002 Milk Production, Disposition & Income
04/24/03 - Report: Dairy Products--2002 Annual Summary
04/24/03 - Text: United States v. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., and Southern Belle Dairy Co., LLC
04/24/03 - US files antitrust suit to roll back dairy merger    Department of Justice Press Release
04/24/03 - Land O'Lakes reports sales down, loss halved
04/24/03 - (CO) Small dairy farmers oppose raw milk rules
04/24/03 - April issue: Dairy Foods
04/24/03 - Cow Numbers Need to Go Down for Prices to Go Up
04/24/03 - (IL) Costs of school lunch programs at odds with healthy choices
04/24/03 - (PA) Local cravings for cheese go way beyond Cheddar
04/24/03 - (WI) Are Wisconsin's Milk Prices Justified?
04/24/03 - (WI) Dumping Likely Fate of Canadian Milk
04/24/03 - (WI) Gold Medal Cheeses Auctioned For $85,790
04/24/03 - (MT/WY) Ag interests fearing free trade
04/24/03 - (MD) Tyson departure may signal changing industry
04/24/03 - Firm Fined for Spread Of Altered Corn Genes
04/24/03 - (NZ) Milk Powder Milestone For Fonterra
04/24/03 - (UK) Action call to eliminate genetic cattle disorder
04/23/03 - (VT) Program to aid farmers hits snag in Legislature
04/23/03 - Food industry choking on mandatory 'USA' labels
04/23/03 - U.S. wants rapid trade negotiations on agricultural products
04/23/03 - Proposed Trans Fat Label on Food Stirs Growing Controversy
04/23/03 - GIPSA: The Packers and Stockyards Act and Country of Origin Labeling
04/23/03 - (CA) Workers waiting for word of severance
04/23/03 - (CA) State's dairy farmers defend price controls
04/23/03 - (WI) Canada milk turns sour in international dispute
04/23/03 - (ND) N.D. Helping Farmers With Child Care
04/23/03 - (WA) New generation of farmers nurturing a growing movement
04/23/03 - (NC) Hog farms act as guinea pigs
04/23/03 - Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2003 Results
04/23/03 - Kraft Foods meeting no laughing matter
04/23/03 - GRAS for Roche Omega-3 ingredient
04/23/03 - Something to Read Before Your Next Meal       [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
04/23/03 - (Australia) Milk a fat lot of good
04/23/03 - (China) China Becomes Third Nation to Produce Milk Beer
04/23/03 - DC Digest
04/23/03 - (NZ) Fonterra board candidate wants law change on deals for raw milk
04/22/03 - AMI Submits Testimony on Country-of-Origin Labeling Before Senate Subcommittee in Missouri
04/22/03 - This week's Cheese Reporter
04/22/03 - USTR Zoellick Urges EU to Accept Agricultural Policy Reform
04/22/03 - California's Milk Pricing Plan Under Fire
04/22/03 - (CA) Officials glimpse manure future
04/22/03 - (CA) Advocates for Farm Laborers Seek a Ban on Hand Weeding    [LATimes requires (free) registration]
04/22/03 - (WA) A methane to their madness: Tribes and farmers come together -- over cow manure
04/22/03 - (IN) Randolph dairy farm opposed
04/22/03 - (AZ) Animal rights group wants UA to cut animal sciences program
04/22/03 - (MN) Agencies Agree to Bolster Organic Farming
04/22/03 - The Heartland Wrestles With Biotechnology
04/22/03 - DC Digest
04/22/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/22/03 - (NZ) SARS Affects More Export Trade
04/21/03 - Report: March Milk Production
04/21/03 - MO Producers Weigh COOL Pros and Cons at Balanced Meeting
04/21/03 - Beef, Dairy Cow Liquidation Trimming Herd Sizes
04/21/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/21/03 - (NZ) Farmers still stuck on the horns of a dilemma
04/20/03 - (ID) High price of fuel, low price of milk squeeze local agriculture
04/20/03 - (CA) Milk sales in state rise, thanks to ad campaigns
04/20/03 - (NY) Four upstate N.Y. counties trying to attract farmers
04/20/03 - (MN) New reality unfolds quickly, transforming state's dairy industry
04/20/03 - (MI) Cold Stone Creamery targets Michigan
04/20/03 - Wheat growers blame low-carb diets for substantial drop in flour consumption
04/20/03 - Farmers see new export opportunities in postwar Iraq
04/20/03 - (Australia) Australia prepares for trade battle with US over Iraq reconstruction
04/20/03 - (NZ) Chairman of the cheese board
04/19/03 - (UK) Shorthorn...No Longer a Rare Breed
04/19/03 - (UK) Handling of Johne's Disease Review
04/19/03 - (ID) Sierra Club spews ignorance
04/19/03 - (NV) Nevada dairies say Calif. milk plan pricing them out of business
04/19/03 - As irradiated meat heads to schools, parents remain fearful of the technology
04/19/03 - (MT) Got juice?
04/19/03 - Chip for animals adds temperature sensing to ID capability
04/18/03 - Announcement of Advanced Prices and Pricing Factors for May 2003  [PDF]
04/18/03 - (UK) UK farmers seek new start in US
04/18/03 - Cheese Market News Top Stories
04/18/03 - Ken Bailey's Weekly Market Commentary
04/18/03 - (GA) UGA dairy farm will leave Athens in reshuffle
04/18/03 - (NY) Financial Institutions posts 35 percent earnings decline
04/18/03 - (CA) Student now tolerates lactose
04/18/03 - (CA) Land O'Lakes workers face job loss, salary cuts
04/18/03 - Report Identifies Challenges for Southeast Feedstuffs Market
04/18/03 - New kind of threat, different kind of vet
04/18/03 - U.S. Says Salmonella Prevalence Lower
04/18/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/18/03 - GE releases could lift farm returns 5pc or slash them 43pc
04/18/03 - (Canada) Canada-U.S. customs deal won't fly
04/17/03 - (Canada) Producers warn of COOL's impact
04/17/03 - (Canada) Meat label opponents focus on costs
04/17/03 - (Canada) Canada has tools to fight COOL law
04/17/03 - (Canada) Feds have few options against labelling
04/17/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
04/17/03 - Report: March Milk Production
04/17/03 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
04/17/03 - (WI) Milk Pooling Won't Get Any Easier
04/17/03 - Milk Pricing System Hurts Midwest
04/17/03 - Farmland Battling Back
04/17/03 - Dairy Groups Disagree on Ice Cream Petition
04/17/03 - Pork Gives COOL Cold Shoulder
04/17/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/17/03 - (NZ) Sobering times for dairy industry
04/17/03 - (Australia) Tribunal rejects alcoholic milk drink appeal
04/16/03 - (UK) Steep Fall in Dairy Farm Margins
04/16/03 - April Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook  [PDF]
04/16/03 - Milk reduction plan put to vote
04/16/03 - (MN) Dairy leaders get lesson in grassroots lobbying
04/16/03 - (CA) Milk pushed for kids
04/16/03 - (WY) Range war — Wyoming county angers ranchers by tackling sprawl
04/16/03 - (AR) Women learn farm life at Arkansas' Heifer Project ranch
04/16/03 - Diesel Group Worries Over Tougher Rules
04/16/03 - NCBA Submits COOL Comments
04/16/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/15/03 - (Canada) Non-quota dairy farmers face uphill battle to survive
04/15/03 - (Canada) What's the outlook for Ontario's organic milk production
04/15/03 - (WI) DATCP Halts Imported Milk; Canada Says Shipper Circumvents System; Food Safety, Fair Trade At Issue  (PDF)
04/15/03 - (CA) Dairy group wants to save industry
04/15/03 - USDA: Additional Details of COOL Informational Sessions
04/15/03 - USDA: Examples of records that may be useful for COOL verification purposes
04/15/03 - Kraft's 1Q Profits Rise 22 Percent
04/15/03 - This week's Cheese Reporter
04/15/03 - Seafood label outrages organic advocates
04/15/03 - (MN) Book may close on 'Agriculture in the Classroom'
04/15/03 - (CA) Pollution tech could be valley's economic savior
04/15/03 - (OH) Land owners use secret weapon to block development
04/15/03 - (WA) Cash-strapped WSU considers selling land
04/15/03 - (NY) Dairy meeting to decide action
04/15/03 - (CA) Irrigation Blamed for Warming San Joaquin
04/15/03 - From EPA Plan, a Whiff of Danger
04/15/03 - Research: Cloned Pigs Differ from Originals
04/15/03 - Southern Focus on Agriculture Terrorism Launched
04/15/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/15/03 - (Australia) Taxpayers get milked
04/15/03 - (NZ) Fonterra calls for more movement from EU on global trade talks
04/14/03 - (NZ) Fonterra wants Iraq role
04/14/03 - (CA) California Dairy Research Foundation Celebrates 15 Years Of Investing In Vital Dairy Research
04/14/03 - 298 U.S. Schools Add Bravo! Foods Slammers Milk Brand to Ala Carte Lunch Programs
04/14/03 - IDFA Hails Customs Service Decision on MPC Classification
04/14/03 - U.S. Beef Industry Meets with USTR and USDA Over Possible Mexican Safeguard Initiation
04/14/03 - Debate Begins Over Next Federal Dairy Program
04/14/03 - (WI) New Dairy Incentive Measure Getting Lots of Support
04/14/03 - NMPF to Appeal U.S. Customs Service Ruling on Milk Protein Concentrate Imports
04/04/03 - (MN) Dairy farmers facing big changes
04/14/03 - (OR) Wanted: Fair solution for farmers, workers
04/14/03 - (SD) S.D. official foresees harm in grasslands trend
04/14/03 - Organic Groups Take Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
04/14/03 - DC Digest
04/14/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/14/03 - Researchers find lazy way to lose weight
04/14/03 - (Netherlands) Inquiry into carcinogenic milk powder
04/14/03 - (UK) Farming? We're just pig ignorant
04/14/03 - (NZ) "The role of co-operatives in the modern dairy marketplace - the Fonterra experience."
04/14/03 - (NZ) Government eyes farm drought relief
04/14/03 - (NZ) Paucity of farm coverage puzzles
04/14/03 - (Australia) Free trade deal 'over-hyped'
04/13/03 - Western United Dairymen Weekly News Update
04/13/03 - (MN) Supporters protest cuts for ag research organization
04/13/03 - Yogurt & Weight Loss: New Study Finds Yogurt Promotes Weight Loss
04/13/03 - Farmland sheds assets to pay off debt
04/12/03 - Paper chase perturbs producers
04/12/03 - (CA) Bill banning small pens for calves, pigs advances
04/12/03 - (MN) Counties kick tires of state livestock program
04/12/03 - (NZ) Fonterra says next dairy season will be 'more of the same'
04/11/03 - (CT) Professor seeks legislation capping milk prices
04/11/03 - (ME) Committee puts off consideration of milk handling fees
04/11/03 - (ID) Ag panel to study Idaho air quality
04/11/03 - Dairy Today E-Report
04/11/03 - (VT) Gov. Douglas, legislators craft dairy plan
04/11/03 - My beef with PETA
04/11/03 - Dairy Products Prices Report        Past Year's Prices
04/11/03 - (OR) A moo point Cheese: Oregonians have 'a very sophisticated palate'
04/11/03 - (NY) Schumer calls for renewed dairy compact to help New York farmers
04/11/03 - Capitol Hill Hears from Cattlemen
04/11/03 - DC Digest
04/11/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/11/03 - (Netherlands) High-producing dairy cows are not more susceptible to illness
04/11/03 - (Japan) Japan closer to bringing cloned meat to market
04/11/03 - (Australia) Farmers told to drive harder bargain with processors    Funds to help farmers play hard ball
04/11/03 - (NZ) Country Of Origin Labelling Opposed
04/10/03 - (Canada) DFC chastised over complaint
04/10/03 - Cost of MILC could top $4 billion
04/10/03 - USDA Secretary Veneman to Sign Trade MOU With Uruguay
04/10/03 - (MN) Senator to loosen restrictions on foreign farmers
04/10/03 - (PA) Dairy farmers in Washington to back Sherwood bill
04/10/03 - Ice Cream! You Scream! - On what the price of butter has to do with everything else
04/10/03 - COOL Exemption Proposed
04/10/03 - Advice for dairy producers: Change can be good
04/10/03 - (MT) Principal: Junk food ban boosts learning
04/10/03 - U.S. seeks to set standards for wording on meat labels
04/10/03 - (WI) Premium Paring Has Begun
04/10/03 - 'Operation Desert Dairy Drop' Proposed
04/10/03 - Farmers Understand Consumers Better
04/10/03 - April Fool: Milk Pricing Changes Won't Giver Producers More Money
04/10/03 - Federal order milk price increase takes effect
04/10/03 - Grassroots Level Offers Input on Checkoff Programs
04/10/03 - DC Digest
04/10/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/10/03 - (UK) Animal welfare campaigners challenge legality of chicken farming
04/10/03 - (EU) European Union OKs admission of 10 states
04/09/03 - (Australia/NZ) Raw milk for hard cheeses, debate continues down under
04/09/03 - (Canada) Milk board tries small, temporary quota hikes
04/09/03 - Food Groups Want COOL Changes
04/09/03 - (ND) Foreign Farmers Get a Glimpse of North Dakota Ways
04/09/03 - Political Game of Chicken
04/09/03 - DC Digest
04/09/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/09/03 - (Australia) Powerful antibiotic approved for beef
04/09/03 - (NZ) Record milk flow could cost farmers
04/08/03 - (NZ/Australia) Dairy giants in merger talks
04/08/03 - Setting the Record Straight: Milk Protein Concentrates, Casein and Caseinates
04/08/03 - Powdered Milk to Go to Farms in Drought
04/08/03 - U.S. lawmakers unite to promote food safety
04/08/03 - Agribusiness takes most seats on USDA biotech panel
04/08/03 - (IA) Dutch dairy proposal sparks criticism
04/08/03 - (CA) California farmers brace themselves for piles of air-pollution paperwork
04/08/03 - (VT) Farming Infrastructure Vanishing
04/08/03 - Birth of Cloned Endangered Cattle Praised
04/08/03 - The Wisconsin of China: Got Milk, but Hold the Cheese   [NYTimes requires (free) registration]
04/08/03 - USDA Official: More Being Done on E. Coli
04/08/03 - DC Digest
04/08/03 - UPI Farming Today
04/07/03 - Ken Bailey's Weekly Market Commentary
04/07/03 - (IA) Dairy producers revitalizing state association to represent their interests
04/07/03 - Congress considers plan to lure people to rural areas
04/07/03 - Dairy group to form co-op to buy cheese, butter and cattle
04/07/03 -